#8A56D3#8A56D3

#8A56D3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.186 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A56D3
RGB	rgb(138, 86, 211)
HSL	hsl(265, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 59.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.96, 47.07, -56.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.96, 73.79, 309.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.14% 0.0919 -0.1612)
OKLCH	oklch(57.14% 0.186 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5640, 16.7618, 63.5039)
Luminance	0.1676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A56D3 #9FD356

analogous

#5660D3 #8A56D3 #C856D3

triadic

#8A56D3 #D38A56 #56D38A

tetradic

#8A56D3 #D35660 #9FD356 #56D3C8

square

#8A56D3 #D35660 #9FD356 #56D3C8

split-complementary

#8A56D3 #D3C856 #60D356

monochromatic

#4F248B #6A31BB #8A56D3 #AC87E0 #CDB7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#8A56D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#8A56D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A56D3

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A56D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A56D3	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B72D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C71D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A708C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a56d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 86, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.186 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b088e1',
    500: '#8a56d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a56d3;
$custom-light: #b088e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a56d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.96,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57142,
    "c": 0.18558,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A56D3

secondary

#C7DBAA

accent

#E246A1

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A56D3

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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